Type
Spanish state-owned hydraulic infrastructure delivery company
Spanish state-owned hydraulic infrastructure delivery company
Aguas de las Cuencas de España (ACUAES)
ACUAES; official photograph of the Arriate wastewater treatment plant
ACUAES is wholly owned by Spain's Directorate-General for State Assets and operates under the functional oversight of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.
Active regions
Europe, Spain, Spanish river basins, Extremadura, Cáceres, Tagus basin
Marine works roles
State hydraulic-infrastructure promoter, Public works contracting authority and client, Water-supply, sanitation and wastewater-treatment delivery, Water-reuse and environmental-compliance infrastructure, Design, construction and contract management, Inter-administration and user-agreement structuring, European-fund and public-investment delivery, Infrastructure operation where specifically commissioned
Role in marine infrastructure
ACUAES is wholly owned by Spain's Directorate-General for State Assets and operates under the functional oversight of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. It promotes, contracts, builds and, where commissioned, operates strategic water infrastructure, with particular emphasis on supply, sanitation, wastewater treatment and reuse. Its 2024-2026 strategic plan records 156 commissioned actions with EUR 7.255 billion of investment: 101 completed or in operation at EUR 4.730 billion, 23 under construction at EUR 759.3 million and eight approved projects at EUR 976.0 million. Wastewater represents EUR 674.3 million of the plan's current execution portfolio. For El Marco in Cáceres, ACUAES is the contracting authority and client for the EUR 61.784 million excluding-VAT works award to the Aquambiente-COPASA-PESA consortium.
Sources used 7
- ACUAES corporate presentation ACUAES, Current official page reviewed 15 August 2026
- Institutional information and corporate purposes ACUAES, Current official page reviewed 15 August 2026
- ACUAES Strategic Plan 2024-2026 ACUAES, March 2024
- Quality and environmental policy ACUAES, Current official page reviewed 15 August 2026
- ACUAES action map ACUAES, Current official portfolio map reviewed 15 August 2026
- El Marco works award announcement ACUAES / Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público, Award decision 30 July 2026; published 4 August 2026
- El Marco current construction-project description Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Project approved 15 February 2026; approval published 26 February 2026
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